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| Kansas City Royals Box Scores · 8/28/2026Royals Box Scores · 8/28/26Royals (60-75, W1, 9-1 L10) |
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| American Central | W | L | Pct | GB | Diff | Home | Away | L10 | Strk |
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 White Sox | 70 | 63 | .526 | — | +44 | 41-27 | 29-36 | 5-5 | W2 |  Guardians | 68 | 66 | .507 | 2.5 | -4 | 31-34 | 37-32 | 8-2 | W7 |  Twins | 64 | 70 | .478 | 6.5 | -56 | 35-31 | 29-39 | 4-6 | L2 |  Tigers | 62 | 71 | .466 | 8 | +70 | 33-33 | 29-38 | 2-8 | L1 |  Royals | 60 | 75 | .444 | 11 | -81 | 36-30 | 24-45 | 9-1 | W1 |
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Kansas City Royals 3, Cleveland Guardians 0 |
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| Line Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Royals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | | Guardians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
W: Wacha · L: Bibee · Sv: Cruz |
| Royals | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | Avg |
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 Jensen c | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .724 | .223 |  Witt Jr. ss | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .824 | .288 |  Caglianone rf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .833 | .283 |  Perez, S dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .634 | .221 |  Pasquantino 1b | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .720 | .246 |  Loftin 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .706 | .234 |  Collins lf | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .683 | .232 |  Tolbert lf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .793 | .300 |  Rojas, J 3b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .577 | .229 |  Isbel cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .643 | .235 | | Totals | 34 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 9 | | |
2B: Rojas, J (4, Bibee); Witt Jr. (28, Bibee); Collins (22, Yoho). HR: Jensen (19, 9th inning off Yoho, 1 on, 2 out). TB: Caglianone 2; Collins 3; Jensen 4; Pasquantino; Perez, S; Rojas, J 2; Witt Jr. 2. RBI: Jensen 2 (61); Perez, S (60). |
| Guardians | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | Avg |
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 Kwan lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .707 | .273 |  DeLauter dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .811 | .289 |  Ramírez, Jo 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .717 | .240 |  Adell rf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .695 | .238 |  Lowe, N 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .785 | .261 |  Bazzana 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .702 | .241 |  Bailey c | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .584 | .199 |  Genao ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .715 | .284 |  Halpin cf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .584 | .221 |  Rocchio ss | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .675 | .249 | | Totals | 33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | | |
TB: Adell; Bailey 2; DeLauter; Halpin; Rocchio. E: Bibee (2, pickoff). |
| Royals | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | BF | ERA |
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 Wacha p (W, 8-8) | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 28 | 3.32 |  Cruz p (S, 6) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4.35 |
ST-PC: Wacha (75-103), Cruz (16-22). |
| Guardians | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | BF | ERA |
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 Bibee p (L, 5-14) | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 3.88 |  Herrin p | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.21 |  Yoho p | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4.60 |
ST-PC: Bibee (57-93), Herrin (5-9), Yoho (20-25). |
Scoring Plays | 5th | 1–0 | Perez grounded out to shortstop, Witt Jr. scored. | | 9th | 3–0 | Jensen homered to right center (367 feet), Tolbert scored. |
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HBP: Pasquantino (by Bibee); Bazzana (by Cruz). Umpires: HP: Dexter Kelley. 1B: Quinn Wolcott. 2B: Paul Clemons. 3B: Adrian Johnson. Weather: 73 degrees, Clear. T: 2:21. Att: 31,941. Progressive Field. |
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Kansas City Royals Team Statistics | Hitters | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG | OPS | | #13 Salvador Perez dh | 125 | 481 | 46 | 106 | 17 | 59 | 20 | 104 | 1 | .220 | .635 | | #7 Bobby Witt Jr. ss | 116 | 453 | 75 | 131 | 16 | 49 | 55 | 90 | 36 | .289 | .825 | | #14 Jac Caglianone rf | 123 | 444 | 62 | 125 | 23 | 66 | 29 | 125 | 6 | .282 | .832 | | #22 Carter Jensen c | 125 | 434 | 60 | 97 | 18 | 59 | 55 | 142 | 2 | .224 | .720 | | #1 Isaac Collins lf | 121 | 380 | 41 | 87 | 6 | 38 | 51 | 100 | 6 | .229 | .674 |  #19 Michael Massey 2b (IL) | 110 | 340 | 46 | 94 | 11 | 44 | 19 | 62 | 2 | .276 | .754 | | #9 Vinnie Pasquantino 1b | 89 | 331 | 41 | 81 | 9 | 41 | 43 | 61 | 5 | .245 | .716 | | #12 Nick Loftin 3b | 95 | 291 | 36 | 69 | 6 | 40 | 36 | 54 | 2 | .237 | .714 |  #11 Maikel Garcia 3b (IL) | 73 | 283 | 34 | 76 | 3 | 32 | 24 | 47 | 5 | .269 | .709 | | #28 Kyle Isbel cf | 76 | 226 | 26 | 54 | 6 | 24 | 13 | 55 | 6 | .239 | .654 | | #2 Tyler Tolbert ss | 64 | 110 | 28 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 20 | .300 | .793 | | #40 Josh Rojas 3b | 31 | 80 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 1 | .225 | .562 |  #16 John Rave rf | 31 | 78 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 4 | .218 | .705 |  #6 Jonathan India 2b (IL) | 17 | 48 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 0 | .167 | .623 |  #18 Luke Maile c | 11 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .172 | .510 |  #24 Matthew Lugo lf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| Pitchers | G | W | L | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | | #52 Michael Wacha | 26 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 162.2 | 141 | 63 | 42 | 126 | 3.49 | 1.13 |  #67 Seth Lugo | 27 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 150.1 | 161 | 77 | 47 | 116 | 4.61 | 1.38 |  #65 Noah Cameron | 26 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 149.1 | 134 | 66 | 48 | 131 | 3.98 | 1.22 |  #58 Luinder Avila (IL) | 21 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 70.0 | 71 | 43 | 42 | 61 | 5.53 | 1.61 |  #41 Daniel Lynch IV | 50 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 58.1 | 43 | 19 | 17 | 43 | 2.93 | 1.03 |  #32 Stephen Kolek (IL) | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 54.0 | 55 | 27 | 12 | 34 | 4.50 | 1.24 |  #56 Alex Lange | 50 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 51.2 | 50 | 33 | 27 | 53 | 5.75 | 1.49 |  #62 Randy Dobnak | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 51.2 | 50 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 1.92 | 1.37 | | #64 Steven Cruz | 48 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 50.2 | 44 | 25 | 19 | 54 | 4.44 | 1.24 |  #46 John Schreiber | 54 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 48.1 | 41 | 20 | 22 | 36 | 3.72 | 1.30 |  #60 Lucas Erceg (IL) | 47 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 43.1 | 53 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 6.23 | 1.89 |  #26 Craig Kimbrel | 38 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 39.0 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 35 | 4.15 | 1.23 |  #55 Cole Ragans (IL) | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 35.1 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 45 | 4.84 | 1.42 |  #61 Nate Pearson | 30 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33.2 | 23 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 2.41 | 1.22 |  #47 Mason Black (IL) | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.1 | 30 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 4.31 | 1.60 |  #43 Connor Seabold (IL) | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 5.25 | 1.71 |  #44 Beck Way (IL) | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23.1 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 3.86 | 1.59 |  #31 Nick Mears (IL) | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19.1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 5.12 | 1.50 |  #74 Jose Cuas | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 1.93 | 1.64 |  #50 Connor Thomas | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.1 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 13.06 | 2.23 |  #54 Mitch Spence (IL) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.1 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 21.21 | 3.00 |  #51 Easton McGee (IL) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8.59 | 2.18 |  Nolan Hoffman (IL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3.86 | 1.93 |  #45 Carlos Duran (IL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13.50 | 3.75 |  #34 Anthony Gose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |  Luke Little (IL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 2.00 |  #53 Carlos Estévez (IL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 162.00 | 18.00 |
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Kansas City Royals Advanced Stats | Hitters | PA | AVG | OBP | SLG | ISO | K% | BB% | | #13 Salvador Perez dh | 522 | .220 | .265 | .370 | .150 | 19.9% | 3.8% | | #7 Bobby Witt Jr. ss | 513 | .289 | .366 | .459 | .170 | 17.5% | 10.7% | | #14 Jac Caglianone rf | 479 | .282 | .332 | .500 | .218 | 26.1% | 6.1% | | #22 Carter Jensen c | 497 | .224 | .310 | .410 | .186 | 28.6% | 11.1% | | #1 Isaac Collins lf | 442 | .229 | .327 | .347 | .118 | 22.6% | 11.5% | | #19 Michael Massey 2b (IL) | 366 | .276 | .310 | .444 | .168 | 16.9% | 5.2% | | #9 Vinnie Pasquantino 1b | 380 | .245 | .332 | .384 | .139 | 16.1% | 11.3% | | #12 Nick Loftin 3b | 341 | .237 | .329 | .385 | .148 | 15.8% | 10.6% | | #11 Maikel Garcia 3b (IL) | 309 | .269 | .324 | .385 | .116 | 15.2% | 7.8% | | #28 Kyle Isbel cf | 251 | .239 | .287 | .367 | .128 | 21.9% | 5.2% | | #2 Tyler Tolbert ss | 127 | .300 | .366 | .427 | .127 | 18.1% | 8.7% | | #40 Josh Rojas 3b | 85 | .225 | .262 | .300 | .075 | 16.5% | 4.7% | | #16 John Rave rf | 87 | .218 | .282 | .423 | .205 | 19.5% | 8.0% | | #6 Jonathan India 2b (IL) | 58 | .167 | .310 | .313 | .146 | 22.4% | 13.8% | | #18 Luke Maile c | 30 | .172 | .200 | .310 | .138 | 36.7% | 3.3% | | #24 Matthew Lugo lf | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Pitchers | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | WHIP | | #52 Michael Wacha | 162.2 | 6.97 | 2.32 | 3.00 | 1.22 | 1.13 | | #67 Seth Lugo | 150.1 | 6.94 | 2.81 | 2.47 | 0.96 | 1.38 | | #65 Noah Cameron | 149.1 | 7.90 | 2.89 | 2.73 | 0.90 | 1.22 | | #58 Luinder Avila (IL) | 70.0 | 7.84 | 5.40 | 1.45 | 0.90 | 1.61 | | #41 Daniel Lynch IV | 58.1 | 6.63 | 2.62 | 2.53 | 0.62 | 1.03 | | #32 Stephen Kolek (IL) | 54.0 | 5.67 | 2.00 | 2.83 | 1.33 | 1.24 | | #56 Alex Lange | 51.2 | 9.23 | 4.70 | 1.96 | 1.05 | 1.49 | | #62 Randy Dobnak | 51.2 | 5.92 | 3.66 | 1.62 | 0.52 | 1.37 | | #64 Steven Cruz | 50.2 | 9.59 | 3.38 | 2.84 | 2.13 | 1.24 | | #46 John Schreiber | 48.1 | 6.70 | 4.10 | 1.64 | 1.30 | 1.30 | | #60 Lucas Erceg (IL) | 43.1 | 6.44 | 6.02 | 1.07 | 1.04 | 1.89 | | #26 Craig Kimbrel | 39.0 | 8.08 | 4.15 | 1.94 | 0.92 | 1.23 | | #55 Cole Ragans (IL) | 35.1 | 11.46 | 5.86 | 1.96 | 2.55 | 1.42 | | #61 Nate Pearson | 33.2 | 7.49 | 4.81 | 1.56 | 0.27 | 1.22 | | #47 Mason Black (IL) | 31.1 | 5.46 | 5.74 | 0.95 | 1.72 | 1.60 | | #43 Connor Seabold (IL) | 24.0 | 7.50 | 4.13 | 1.82 | 0.75 | 1.71 | | #44 Beck Way (IL) | 23.1 | 8.10 | 3.86 | 2.10 | 1.54 | 1.59 | | #31 Nick Mears (IL) | 19.1 | 6.98 | 5.12 | 1.36 | 0.93 | 1.50 | | #74 Jose Cuas | 14.0 | 9.00 | 5.14 | 1.75 | 0.00 | 1.64 | | #50 Connor Thomas | 10.1 | 6.10 | 5.23 | 1.17 | 3.48 | 2.23 | | #54 Mitch Spence (IL) | 9.1 | 5.79 | 8.68 | 0.67 | 2.89 | 3.00 | | #51 Easton McGee (IL) | 7.1 | 8.59 | 4.91 | 1.75 | 2.45 | 2.18 | | Nolan Hoffman (IL) | 4.2 | 3.86 | 5.79 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 1.93 | | #45 Carlos Duran (IL) | 1.1 | 6.75 | 20.25 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 3.75 | | #34 Anthony Gose | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Luke Little (IL) | 1.0 | 9.00 | 0.00 | - | 9.00 | 2.00 | | #53 Carlos Estévez (IL) | 0.1 | 0.00 | 54.00 | 0.00 | 27.00 | 18.00 |
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Upcoming Games | Sat, Aug 29 | at | Cleveland Guardians | 4:10 PM ET | | Sun, Aug 30 | at | Cleveland Guardians | 1:40 PM ET | | Tue, Sep 1 | vs |  Miami Marlins | 7:40 PM ET | | Wed, Sep 2 | vs | Miami Marlins | 7:40 PM ET | | Thu, Sep 3 | vs | Miami Marlins | 7:40 PM ET | | Fri, Sep 4 | vs |  Toronto Blue Jays | 8:10 PM ET |
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Transactions Selected Kansas City Royals selected the contract of LHP Anthony Gose from Omaha Storm Chasers. Recalled Kansas City Royals recalled 3B Josh Rojas from Omaha Storm Chasers. Status Change Kansas City Royals placed 2B Michael Massey on the 7-day injured list retroactive to August 26, 2026. Concussion. Optioned Kansas City Royals optioned RHP Mason Black to Omaha Storm Chasers. | Assigned Kansas City Royals sent RHP Tony Gonsolin on a rehab assignment to Omaha Storm Chasers. Status Change Kansas City Royals placed 3B Maikel Garcia on the 10-day injured list. Left hamstring strain. Recalled Kansas City Royals recalled RHP Jose Cuas from Omaha Storm Chasers. Optioned Kansas City Royals optioned RHP Carlos Duran to Omaha Storm Chasers. |
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